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The Man Who Never Returned

Book 2 of the Fintan Dunne series

Fifteen years later, Fintan Dunne the detective encountered in Quinn1s novel Hour of the Cat, recently retired and bored, answers a summons to New York where he is asked to solve the old case for a newspaper magnate only interested in making a profit from the story.

Peter Quinn once again has written a compelling blend of history and fiction that is simply unputdownable.

Genre
mysteryhistorical fictioncrime
Setting
new yorknew york state
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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